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The Rohan Theatre Band

From its foundation in 1891 the Rohan Theatre has always had a house band, although the role of that band has changed and developed considerably over the years. Initially a traditional theatre band, accompanying songs, dances and melodramas, the collapse of the theatre building in 1892, and the company’s subsequent radicalisation of the notion of theatrical presentation soon necessitated an equivalent re-evaluation of the role of the Rohan Theatre Band. Edgar Wimble, the first Musical Director of the band (1891-1904), proposed that it should become a chronicler of events surrounding Rohan Theatre productions, and to this effect he penned a number of songs including the 1895 Music Hall hits “This Building is Collapsing” and “What Use is a Dwarf With No Legs?”.....

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